Petar Torre, Lead Architect Telco, Intel

What makes the “telco cloud” different from regular cloud architectures and how does it sit alongside NFV? Being “cloud-ready” is often cited as a necessary first step towards the introduction of 5G, but why? The Intel Builders programme is evolving and expanding to help carriers take advantage of these new architectures, but as we move to a virtualised or cloud world, does hardware matter anymore?